OREANDA-NEWS. An unknown explosive device detonated near the United States’ Embassy in Tunisia.

This was reported by the local radio station Mosaique FM. According to journalists, a man on a motorcycle attacked a security patrol on the road near the Embassy and ​​activated a suicide belt. Later, the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior clarified the data on the terrorist attack: not one, but two suicide bombers were blown up. “Two terrorists attacked a security patrol on the street opposite the American embassy, ​​blowing themselves up. Two terrorists were killed, five security officers and one civilian were injured,” the agency’s press release says.

On the Twitter page of the US Embassy in Tunisia it is reported that “emergency personnel are responding to an explosion.” “Please avoid the area and monitor local media for updates,” the statement reads.